Door stop



' April 2. 1940. K. Rwlms 2,196,047

DGOR STOP Filed June 27, 1938 76M n n@ Patented Apr. 2., 19d-0 UNITED STATES vPA'IENT OFFICE Kirk P. Willis, Houston, Tex.

Application June 27, 1938, Serial No. 215,967

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a door stop, or` holder.

An object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described which may be easily and conveniently attached to adoor casing and moved to active position to hold the door open and to inactive position to permit the door to readily swing into open or closed position.

It is another object of the invention to provide a door stop, or holder, that may be readily adjusted so as to hold the door partly or fully open as may be desired.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a door stop or holder which is of very simple construction, may be cheaply produced and readily installed and which will present a neat f appearance.

It is a still further feature of the invention to provide a door stop, or holder, which is mounted on the stationary casing of the door rather than on the doo-r itself and which has the advantage, over conventional types of holder, in that it will not come into contact with the oor or carpet or other floor covering to vs/,ear or mark the same.

With the above and other objects in View the invention hasy particular relation to certain novel features of construction, operation and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specication and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation ofthe holder.'

Figure 2 shows a plan View thereof shown installed and in active position, and

Figure 3 shows an enlarged, fragmentary, cross-sectional view takenvon the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing wherein like numerals of reference designate the same parts in each of the iigures, the numeral I designates the butt which is formed of the wings 2, 3 in right angular relation so as to fit closely against the side member i oi the adjacent casing around the door, as shown in Figure 2, and which may be secured thereto by the screws 5, 6 as also shown in Figure 2. The wing 2 has the upper and lower lugs 1, I extending out at right angles thereto and provided with the upper and lower polygonal bearings 8, 8. These bearings, preferably octagonal, are in alignment and of the same size and tted snugly through them there is the shank 9 shaped to conform to the shape of said bearings so as not to turn therein. 'I'he upper end of the shank has an enlarged head I0 which rests on the upper lug when the shank is located in said bearings.

The upper end ofthe head I0 has a transverse slot I I. There is a stop arm I2 one end of which is reduced and flattened and fitted into the slot II and pinned therein by the pin I3 so that the stop arm l2 may be moved into horizontal posi- 5 tion, as shown in Figure 2, to engage the hinged margin of the door I4 or said arm may be swung to vertical position, or inactive position, as shown iny dotted lines in Figure 1.

When the arm I2 is in vertical position it is l0 obvious that the door I4 may be swung to open or closed position, the free ends of the lugs 'l being rounded off to permit this. When the door It is open the stop arm I2 may be moved to horizontal position so as to engage the hinged 1 margin of the door, as above stated, to hold the door open.

It is obvious that the shank 9 may be adjusted in its bearings by removing it from said bearings and turning it to the desired position and 20- then reinserting it into the bearings. The arm I2 may be thus adjusted so that it will hold the door open either fully or partly as desired and in accordance with the adjustment of the stop.

The drawing and description disclose what 25 is now considered to be a preferred form of the invention by way of illustration only, while the broad principle of the invention will be deiined by the appended claims.

What I claim is: 30v

l. A door stop, .or holder, comprising a butt having vertically aligned polygonal bearings, means for securing said butt to the casing of a -building opening, a shank fitted snugly through said bearings and a stop arm pivoted to the 35' shank and movable into and out of alignment with the shank.

2. A door stop, or holder, comprising a butt having wings in angular relation to t against a door casing to which the butt is secured, said 40 butt having vertically aligned octagonal bearings, a shank shaped to be tted through the bearings, means to prevent the turning of the shank in the bearings, a stop member pivoted to the shank and movable into active position'45 in angular-relation with the shank and into inactive position in alignment with the shank.

3. A door stop, or holder, comprising a butt shaped to fit against a door casing and having laterally extended lugs provided with vertically 50 aligned bearings, a shank tted through said bearings and removable therefrom, means for` preventing the turning of the shank in the bearings, a stop member pivoted to the shank and movable into active position in angular relation 55` with the shank and to inactive position in alignment with the shank.

4. A door stop comprising a butt arranged to fit against a door casing and having laterally extended lugs provided with aligned polygonal bearings, a shank slidable into and of similar cross section to that of the bearings and adapted to fit snugly in said bearings and being thereby locked against rotation, an arm pivoted in the shank and movable into active position in angular relationship with the shank to contact a door connected to the casing and thereby maintain the door in open position, and movable into inactive position in alignment with the shank to allow the door to close, the open position of the door being dependent upon the angular position of the shank in the bearings.

5. A door stop comprising a butt arranged t0 t against a door casing and having laterally eX- tended lugs, vertically aligned octagonal bearings in said lugs, a shank adjustable to the various angular positions in said bearings and adapted to be fitted into said bearings and removable therefrom, a shoulder on said shank limiting its down- Ward movement into said bearings, a stop means pivotally mounted on said shank and movable into active position in angular relation with the shank and into inactive position in alignment with the shank.

6. A door stop comprising a butt shaped to fit against a door casing and having a laterally extended vertical polygonal bearing on said butt, a shank shaped to conform to the shape of the bearing and adjustable to various angular positions therein and adapted to be tted into, or removed from, the bearing, a shoulder on the shank limiting its downward movement into the bearing, stop means pivotally mounted on said shank and movable into active position into angular relation with the shank and into inactive position in alignment with the shank.

KIRK P. WILLIS. 

